Re: Who went to GenCon??

From: mylesend@aol.com (MylesEnd)

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

>I ask as most RPGs etc were well-represented apart from PBM. Did any PBM
>GMs go, or are there other Cons just for PBM games? It bothered me that
>most of the nerds at GenCon seemed a little scornful of PBMs as if they
>were not relevant to the more-general 'Games' hobby.
>
>There's another thing - How sociable are PBM players? Most of the people
>I've spoken to strike me as being quite pleasant people, but does this
>part of the hobby attract more of the introverts than FtoF games?
>
>Angela C.
>
>
I went to GenCon and saw Graff Games, Flying Buffalo, and the guys who do "Fire
in the Galaxy" (I'm afraid I don't remember their names) (last year the company
that does "Death by Starlight" was there, but I didn't see them this year)
Other than that I'm not aware of any others that went.  PBMCon used to happen
once a year in Chicago until the gentleman moved on from being a PBM moderator
and stopped doing it.  (Maybe 50 people went anyway)  Other than that most
companies operate on a shoe-string and complain they don't have the cash or the
customer base to justify it (as though these two items have nothing to do with
trying to advertise for new customers).  PBM players aren't necessarily
introverted as much as the hobby is.  Pretty much, if you don't know about the
hobby, you can't find out about it.  Occasionally companies do advertise in
other places than PBM mags so occasionally there is outside recruiting.  The
most amazing thing I find are that to support the number of games on the
market, PBM players are fairly hardcore and play usually in multiple games.  I
was kicking around the idea of approaching Andon (who used to be a PBM company
and now run a number of Cons) about trying to get a PBM element to their cons,
but enthusiasm from the  moderator community was non-existent.  (In two posts
to this newsgroup asking about interest, I got 0 responses from moderators and
two flames)  Perhaps in the future some company will come along that shakes up
the market.  Perhaps a PBM Gamers Association should be started to at least try
to build that side.

Matt

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Who went to GenCon??
anj <anj@clara.co.uk>
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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Who went to GenCon??
anj <anj@clara.co.uk>
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000